Black, gay officer ‘driven to depression’

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The hearings were told that officers used homophobic language and displayed racist attitudes during their workSteve Parsons

Sean O'NeillCrime Editor

Last updated at 5:54PM, February 20 2012

A black, gay, counter-terrorism police officer suffered discrimination,
victimisation and harassment from colleagues in the Metropolitan Police, an
employment tribunal has ruled.

Detective Constable Kevin Maxwell, 33, transferred to the Met from Greater
Manchester Police in October 2008 and found himself one of just a handful of
ethnic minority officers in the Special Branch unit at Heathrow Airport.

Less than a year later he was placed on long-term sick leave with depression
after allegedly being shunned, ignored and insulted by colleagues.

He told the tribunal that he was immediately made to feel unwelcome initially
because of his skin colour and